Alfred John Loades
Memorial: Chipping Sodbury Town Cross - Broad Street
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Corporal 5180084
Parents: William George and Alice Louisa Loades
Home address: Little Sodbury (Yew Tree Cottage up to 1921 then Great House Farm Lodge). Great Yarmouth at outbreak of war
Pre-war occupation: Not known
Date of birth: 1915
Date of death: 07/03/1942
Buried/Commemorated at: Rangoon, Myanmar, Burma
Age: 27
Further information:
The 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, Infantry Division were part of an inadequate defence force stationed in Burma after the Japanese entered the war in 1941. They were unable to repel the advancing Japanese Army when it attacked in December 1941 and by March 1942 the Burma Army was in full retreat. On 7th March, the Burma Army evacuated Rangoon after implementing a scorched earth policy to prevent the Japanese using its facilities and Alfred was killed (either 7th or 8th March), during the retreat.
Casualty List No 810. Original source records Casualty Date as between 07/03/1942 and 08/03/1942.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/the-pacific-war-1941-to-1945/the-retreat-in-burma-1941-to-1942/